Saturday, November 14, 2015

NATO's Turn To Attack

Since the Paris attacks yesterday, I've had a feeling of dread-

Anyone who is suggesting/claiming or implying this is not a NATO stay behind/Gladio type attack, with the NATO global tyranny/war machine as the biggest benefactor, getting their 'dream come true', is blowing smoke up your skirt- Period.

"Additionally, it sure looks as if NATO intends to increase the warfare. Any way possible. Worsening Iraq and Syria with an eye to Turkey as well. As I've mentioned.On multiple occasions. In many posts.

This is about redrawing the borders of the
middle east-Weakening certain states.Strengthening others.This is
about ethnic cleansing. Displacing persons.You want simple narratives? The war
mongering media and plenty of other so called alt media sites will
spoon feed you all the drivel you can stomache"

Now let's read this latest piece and then take the time to listen to Patrick Henningsen. FP

In Brussels, at the political headquarters of NATO, and in Mons, the
military “Pentagon” of NATO just an hour south, officials will be
working through the weekend. The 28-nation alliance, after all, is
founded on one key premise enshrined in the Article 5 of its founding treaty:
“The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in
Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all
and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each
of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective
self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United
Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked.” It is worth
noting that the only country to ever activate Article 5 was the United
States after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

If France would like to become the second such country, the first
step would be to call for an Article 4 consultation, which would convene
the ambassadors of the 28 nations, who are in permanent session in
Brussels, to discuss the situation and decide a course of action. This
happened most recently in 2014, when Turkey requested an Article 4
meeting after the Islamic State attacks there.

It seems likely that an Article 4 meeting would conclude that the
Paris massacres, given their scale and scope, should be considered an
attack under Article 5. That would be entirely appropriate. The
terrorist attacks — assuming that the Islamic State is, in fact,
responsible for them — are the culmination of a long-running
humanitarian disaster in Syria that has destabilized the Middle East and
initiated the flow of millions of refugees into the heart of Europe.
NATO can no longer pretend the conflict does not affect its most basic
interests.The fundamental purpose of a NATO
mission should be to defeat the Islamic state in Syria and destroy the
infrastructure it has created there. Such a mission would have
the additional benefit of demonstrating that NATO is willing to act
decisively when it is under threat.

Setting aside the internal disagreements that sometimes slow it down,
NATO is an imposing military force. NATO has tremendous military
resources at its disposal, including over 3 million troops under arms
(and more in reserve), over 25,000 military aircraft, 800 oceangoing
major combatant ships, and 50 AWACS aircraft. Meanwhile, the group’s 28
nations represent over 50 percent of global GDP.

A major NATO mission against the Islamic State would consist of a
number of smaller, practical steps. First, according to NATO’s treaty,
the incident must be referred to the U.N. Security Council. In terms of
international law, it would be ideal for the Security Council to endorse
a military response, though NATO would be capable of proceeding
regardless.

Second, the alliance should assign one of its major joint commands
to lead the planning and conduct of any operational response. Since the
Allied Joint Force Command in Brunssum in the Netherlands is fully
engaged as the lead command for Afghanistan, the task would likely fall
to the other major command:
the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy. This is the command
that conducted the intervention in Libya and is one that has significant
planning and operational experience, as well as deep connections to
coalition partners from the region — the United Arab Emirates, Jordan,
Qatar, and others. NATO’s military planners should aim to include not
only the alliance’s official members, but also its many coalition
partners, including Sweden, Finland, and other regional actors.

A third key initiative would be to prepare NATO special forces for a central role in military operations. NATO Special Operations Headquarters
in Casteau, Belgium, should take the lead in organizing
intelligence-sharing among member states; it should also prepare the
alliance’s joint special forces to be deployed on the ground in Syria to
train and motivate anti-Islamic State fighters, gather firsthand
intelligence, conduct raids, and serve as spotters for NATO and
coalition aircraft.

Fourth, and most importantly in the long term, NATO should organize a
training mission to work with both the combined Kurdish
Peshmerga-Yazidi force operating in northern Iraq and the Iraqi security
forces in Baghdad. Jordan — which has highly capable ground troops —
should also be invited to participate at a high level. These efforts
could be modeled on the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I), which was in place from 2004 to 2011.

I took a lot of hell for making the claims I did about the Kurds and their allegiance to NATO- The Kurdish militias were not victims/underdogs forced into this fight. That's perception management extraordinaire! I reminded readers here to think about why the media pushed so hard on that meme? The Kurds were fully aware of what they were involved in, were willingly participating in destroying Syria, Iraq and Turkey, as they fully allied themselves with NATO. The Kurds are ready to go.

Fifth, the current U.S.-led bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq should
come under NATO leadership. NATO could then increase the assets
deployed in that mission by contributing additional aircraft, troops,
ordnance, and AWACS
aircraft, whose powerful radar provide 360-degree coverage of air
battle space. NATO very effectively organized command and control over
airspace in Afghanistan, and it could do the same in the current
conflict.

Lastly, NATO should emphasize that it is building an “open
coalition,” one that can not only include the forces of traditional
allies, but also those of NATO’s traditional adversary, Russia. The
Russian government claims to want to defeat the Islamic State, and it
should have no lack of motivation, given the over 200 dead citizens —
including many women and children — who seem to have been massacred by
the Islamic State in the downing of a civilian aircraft just two weeks
ago. Russia should be invited to participate alongside NATO and other
coalition members against the Islamic State

Yep it looks like you are right Penny, the solution to the Paris attacks will be NATO boots on the ground in Syria. This New York Times piece, "To Save Paris, Defeat ISIS", http://mobile.nytimes.com/comments/2015/11/14/opinion/to-have-paris-defeat-isis.html , talks of Article 5 and calls for "NATO forces on the ground" whilst acknowledging "Crushing ISIS in Syria and Iraq will not eliminate the jihadi terrorist threat." So the solution to terror and violence is more War, with a dash of anti-refugee backlash for Europe!

I am absolutely flabbergasted to see people claiming that France wanted to join the side show against ISIS in Syria- as if it hasn't happened?Reading at a few blogs and places this morning that's the talk. Before making that claim shouldn't these person making claims run along and check if that is the case? But no, just regurgitate that which others are saying!!

So, I'm going to bold it in case anyone stops by here and wants to correct the wrong information that is about-

France launches its first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria

Sept 27/2015

(CNN)The French military has carried out its first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, according to a statement from the office of France's presidency.The French president's office said that the strikes in Syria, which began Sunday, were based on intelligence gathered from air surveillance operations conducted over Syria during the past two weeks.

"Our country confirms its firm commitment to the fight against the terrorist threat Daesh," the statement said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. "We will strike whenever our national security is at stake."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/middleeast/syria-france-isis-bombing/

That's two months ago. Two months France has been bombing Syria- France has been knee deep in Syria for years- Recall years back French special forces were captured in Syria? France more then any other European nation has been deeply, deeply involved in Syria.

"France’s policy towards the war in Syria has been more forward than any other western country. It was early in calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, still insists he must go, and recently joined airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State – unlike the UK, which has not taken that step"read here the number of fighters France has shipped into Syria

Of interest should also be that the Eagles of Death Metal band were ardent and vocal supporters of Israel and ANTI-BDS advocates as noted in their wikipedia page. At one show in Israel the lead singer went off on a rant about Roger Waters and the BDS movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_of_Death_Metal

Gee, now how would 3 people carrying AK-47s get into a venue unnoticed? With the band? Hmmmmmm

Think about this?

War is .....

...THE CONTINUATION OF STATE POLICY, BY OTHER MEANS

.......A POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN WHICH VIOLENCE IS USED TO BEND THE WILL OF YOUR ENEMY TO THAT OF YOUR OWN

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